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This game encourages the team to build up from the back. The Goalkeepers play out to the centre backs who should combine so that one of them is able to step into the central zone and create the attacking overload situation.
Overview
This game encourages the team to build up from the back. The Goalkeepers play out to the centre backs who should combine so that one of them is able to step into the central zone and create the attacking overload situation.
SET UP
- Pitch 60 x 30yd area including two 15yd end zones
What you get your players to do
Two teams of six players line up with two centre backs in their defensive zone, three midfielders in the central zone and one forward in the opposition’s defensive zone.
Teams have to pass through each zone in order to beat the goalkeeper and score.
Rules
- The game is played for ten minutes
- If the ball leaves play then the goalkeeper of the team in possession must restart the game
- The ball must go through all three zones and cannot be played from the defensive zone straight to the attacking zone.
- One player is allowed out of the defensive zone to create an overload in the central zone
- One player is allowed from the central zone into the attacking zone
- Both teams must always have a forward in the attacking zone
Development/progression
Remove the zones and play a normal game.
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